The Logic of the Lure

John Paul Ricco

ISBN 10: 0226711013 / ISBN 13: 9780226711010

Published by University Of Chicago Press, 2002

About this Item

The attraction of a wink, a nod, a discarded snapshot - such feelings permeate our lives, yet we usually dismiss them as insubstantial. Jean Paul Ricco argues through the medium of modern art that it is precisely such fleeting experiences that will create a queer aesthetic, and notion of ethics. Num Pages: 184 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294. . 2002. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Logic of the Lure
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226711013
• ISBN 13: 9780226711010
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The attraction of a wink, a nod, a discarded snapshot—such feelings permeate our lives, yet we usually dismiss them as insubstantial or meaningless. With The Logic of the Lure, John Paul Ricco argues that it is precisely such fleeting, erotic, and even perverse experiences that will help us create a truly queer notion of ethics and aesthetics, one that recasts sociality and sexuality, place and finitude in ways suggested by the anonymity and itinerant lures of cruising. Shifting our attention from artworks to the work that art does, from subjectivity to becoming, and from static space to taking place, Ricco considers a variety of issues, including the work of Doug Ischar, Tom Burr, and Derek Jarman and the minor architecture of sex clubs, public restrooms, and alleyways.

About the Author

John Paul Ricco is associate professor in the Department of Visual Studies and Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.